Jay Gatsby
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The character that I have choosen is Jay Gatsby. He is the main character in "The Great Gatsby", story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is the man who try hard to achieve his American Dream, to be a successful man who get everythings that he did not get when he was young. His backgrond was from the poor people and classified as lower class than his girl, Daisy. So Daisy is the one of his motivation to achieve his American Dream.
the classification of society is his first obstacle. I thought that sometimes for prople in society who are classified in low class may have a hard times to acheive their American Dreams because they got less chance than the rich. Gatsby try hard to manage and plan for himself as we have seen in the film,funeral sence, while his father read the plan of his life.
The money is Gatsby second obstacle, since he was a poor young man who did not come from the old money as other characters in the story. He has been trying hard to collect the money, from his illegal business, for 8 years to buy his mantion, as the book mention. He believe that money can bring him eveything and move him up to the higher position in society. Money make people more acceptable.
the classification of society is his first obstacle. I thought that sometimes for prople in society who are classified in low class may have a hard times to acheive their American Dreams because they got less chance than the rich. Gatsby try hard to manage and plan for himself as we have seen in the film,funeral sence, while his father read the plan of his life.
The money is Gatsby second obstacle, since he was a poor young man who did not come from the old money as other characters in the story. He has been trying hard to collect the money, from his illegal business, for 8 years to buy his mantion, as the book mention. He believe that money can bring him eveything and move him up to the higher position in society. Money make people more acceptable.
George Milton
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The character that I have choosen is George Milton. He is a bunk who works at the ranch as barley keeper.He has American dream. His dream is to have his own land where he can plant and tend the animals. He travel with another character, Lennie Small, as a companion to get a job. They have dream together.George always mentions to his dream through the story that he tells Lennie.
The first obstacle that he has to face is hard work. He and his companion used to roaming around the country to get a job that pay less than 50 dollrs a month .the earn is not much.The writer tell the readers through this character that hard work might not make the dream come true.
The second obstracle that he has to face is money . George Milton wants to have his oen land . As the story mention , He needs 300 dollars to buy the land. But he only get 50 dollars per month , that money has to spend for daily supply as well. The story also mentioned about girls and other stuffs that might make George loss his money. The economic recession at that time can have an affect on his money as well. All the situation in the story seems to be hard for this character to keep his money and achieve his American Dream.
The first obstacle that he has to face is hard work. He and his companion used to roaming around the country to get a job that pay less than 50 dollrs a month .the earn is not much.The writer tell the readers through this character that hard work might not make the dream come true.
The second obstracle that he has to face is money . George Milton wants to have his oen land . As the story mention , He needs 300 dollars to buy the land. But he only get 50 dollars per month , that money has to spend for daily supply as well. The story also mentioned about girls and other stuffs that might make George loss his money. The economic recession at that time can have an affect on his money as well. All the situation in the story seems to be hard for this character to keep his money and achieve his American Dream.